Ezra Miller, who should soon embody the superhero Flash at the cinema for the 3rd time, confessed this Tuesday August 16 that he was suffering from mental health problems and that he was currently undergoing treatment to remedy. “Having recently gone through a period of intense crisis, I now understand that I suffer from complex mental health problems and have started treatment“, he said in a statement through his representatives.
“I want to apologize to anyone I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the work necessary to return to a healthy, safe and productive stage of my life“, added the hero of Justice League, he who has had several histories with the police and the American justice system in recent months. Just days ago he was charged with burglary after he “stole liquor from a Vermont home” reports Page Six. He was also convicted of disturbing the peace after two arrests in Hawaii.
His role in “The Flash” maintained
These legal scandals unfortunately do not stop there for him since he has accumulated previous charges of assault, sexual abuse, harassment and “psychological manipulation”. But despite these excesses, Warner Bros studios recently confirmed their intention to broadcast The Flash, scheduled for next summer, in which Ezra Miller plays the lead role. On the other hand, according to several American media, the production could decide to drastically reduce the interviews given by the queer actor during the promotion of the blockbuster, whose budget is estimated at 200 million dollars.
As a reminder, Ezra Miller had been revealed to be younger thanks to his role in after school (2008), a film in which he plays Robert, a tortured teenager who films the death of two female students by overdose. Then his performance in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) earned him a nomination at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). A few years later, he joined the cast of the saga of Fantastic Beasts, before joining the DC Comics franchise and embodying the Flash superhero twice (2016 and 2017) and therefore soon a third time (release scheduled for 2023). More recently, he was announced for the poster of the biopic Dali Landabout the Spanish painter.